i22 Release date imminent? Lets get excited!

Where "arbitrary" here means March 6th which is the release date for the third in a very successful space franchise as others have mentioned. A purely coincidental occurrence, of course.

It's rather obvious that you have no idea what Black Pebble does.

One thing that he does is take the blame heaped on him by people that don't know what he actually does and he takes that blame without complaint.

He does so even when it is something he had no input on or something where the final outcome was not based on his input.

As someone who has worked in the industry, I can honestly say that there is a very strict release schedule, and sometimes, the patches for us to test is not the only thing being worked on, such as prepping servers for such a release, making sure everything is compatible on the server side. This is a huge undertaking.

It may seem like devs are sitting on an issue, when they want to make sure that no players will have crashes or lose data. Believe me, when the game I worked on had patches, it would be almost an all nighter making sure servers stayed up, that having something that worked so well on a beta test didn't implode under the weight of being on live, that all aspects were equal on all live servers. What we see and what we play is such a small portion of what goes into this game.

As for Black Pebble, the man is amazing, I honestly am shocked at people who seem to think that anything that THEY don't like in the game is something to blame on him. Marketing does more than just say when to release an issue, or send out emails. It's coordination with websites, constant phone calls, verifying content, having such an exacting eye about everything, not to mention having to coordinate with the art team to get everything out. You think those splash screens every week for what's new in the market are easy to pull off?

We will get I22, when it's ready to come out of the oven, the timer is close to zero, as we know, so let's treat it like a souffle... No screaming or it might just collapse before we can enjoy it.

In the case of Texas Justice, a proper marinated steak and baked potatoes can be substituted for souffle. *grins*

Great Statesman's Ghost, you went there.

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I'm excited that I22 release date is immanent.

He's in Marketing. He's not the one that makes all of the Marketing decisions. Sometimes, Marketing people propose an idea that those above them shoot down. It was happening with this game long before Black Pebble was hired. Marketing in the game industry is often a bit different from what players think it is supposed to be or what it might be in a different industry.

There are some things that have been changed for the better for players based partially on Black Pebble's input. He's had several open conversations with players in Beta soliciting feedback about things he saw being discussed in global channels and taken that input back to the rest of the Devs. Some of it has resulted in things being changed for the better.

As for the line in my signature, well, that goes back over a year. One of these days I'll put up the information behind it and that link will be a clickable link. Then it will be clearer for you.

Again, you don't know what his job is, you merely think you know.

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Originally Posted by Lucky666 Why can't I buy a single costume slot for one character for a cheap price of say 50pp instead I have to buy an unlock for all my toon for a price between $6-$10 what happened to the micro part. Why does the game have no advertisement when I see all over the internet adds for crappy MMOs that have nothing on this game. Why does the super tailor cost as much as the whole science booster pack when they sold those.

I'll say it again, you have no idea what his job is.

Let's just look at one of the items you brought up and what Ghost Falcon had to say about it:

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Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon It would be extremely difficult to have the store recognize a per character purchase versus a per account purchase pricing strategy for a singular costume piece. Taken another way, if you bought the singular costume piece for a single character only, but then later decided you wanted it available account-wide, should you/would you get a discount because you previously purchased it for your single character? The thought of that proposition gives me a headache, and I imagine would give customer service, our community team and a whole bunch of other people a migraine to explain to customers. To put it diplomatically, a per-character-costume-unlock via a Paragon Market purchase is not on any plan or schedule. If it did come up in any meeting, I would silently deep-six it underneath other desired features, items or services.

That's not Marketing, that's the Business Manager. Ghost Falcon is the one tracking the Market, watching and adjusting prices, putting up the sales, etc. Sure, Marketing has input on it, as do many others, but they don't strictly control pricing or what items are available. I don't think Ghost Falcon has strict control of it either, but from reading his posts it's rather clear that he is the one handling much of the Paragon Market.

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Originally Posted by Lucky666 Marketing from Webster 1 a:the act or process of selling or purchasing in a market b:the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service 2: an aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer Sorry but he is bad at those no two ways about it

Again, Marketing in the game industry is often a bit different from what players think it is supposed to be or what it might be in a different industry. I'm sure they do some of the same things as well.

Again, Black Pebble doesn't get final say in making Marketing decisions. Considering the past history before he was hired, Marketing decisions haven't changed much in this game from what they are now. So are you blaming him for the same decisions that were made before he was hired?

Your blame is misdirected.

And yet, Black Pebble sits back and silently lets people rant and blame him for things he isn't the one responsible for. He does that regularly.

Issue releasse dates aren't totally decided by marketing.

I'm just wondering what illustrious position someone with his spelling and grammar held in the first place.

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